Tiande

Tiande (1031-) was the Court Chaplain of the Liao dynasty under Emperor Daozong of Liao.

Biography
Tiande was born in 1031 to a lowborn family of Buddhist Khitans, and he was appointed Court Chaplain of the Liao dynasty by Emperor Daozong of Liao. He had the task of spreading the Buddhist religion throughout the newly-conquered regions of the empire, which included all faiths, including Tengrism and Manichaeism.